ambience
Example Sentences
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Hosting on a budget is a rite of passage, I think—a kind of domestic apprenticeship where you suddenly realize that ambience is not something you can buy in the seasonal aisle.
From Salon
“It was just such a fantastic ambience—it blew me away,” he said.
He also said he’d like to have a small water feature for birds and for creating soothing background ambience.
From Seattle Times
Using the strangely beautiful landscape of the New South Wales coast, they create an ambience that reflects Alice’s childlike, wavering apprehension of the unreasoning violence that regularly bursts into her life.
From New York Times
She is famed for her neutral palette, Zen-like greys which are meant to create a relaxing ambience.
From BBC
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